Thursday, September 06, 2007

A Word of Explanation or What's So Funny?

Everything. Everything is funny--or should be.

All through the summer, I've been working on some very large drawings. They take a long time and they're too big for my scanner and I really have intended them for a show at some point along the way, rather than the ether of the internet.

They can also make me a little blue. Or they come from something in me that is a little blue. Or they're trying to capture something in the city I live in that has a tinge of blue. Or doing them, sitting alone in my apartment makes me sing the blues.

You know, figuratively; I'm not actually singing.

Mostly, I'm listening to NPR pod-casts.

Anyway.

It has felt completely right--healing even--but it has also been hard, which usually means it's what I'm supposed to be doing.

Still, as an antidote, I've been trying to make more cartoons--gag panels to cheer me up and make me laugh; some pop songs to turn to when the blues singers let the harp-solo go on too long.

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About Me

All my drawings are drawn directly in ink; they are live reactions to whatever I'm listening to or going through or watching.
Lately, I watch a lot of music. I am currently the official artist for Joe's Pub in New York--all Pub drawings are drawn during the artist's set.
I've also been performing with Balthrop, Alabama--doing live drawings that are projected while they play songs about love and dead people. Click on the "Next Show" link to see where we're playing next.
If you want to know more about me, check out my web site: www.MichaelDArthur.com